The Cook of the Halcyon
$21.16
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
8 February 2022
Summary
The Cook of the Halcyon is the penultimate novel in the Inspector Montalbano mystery series from the master of Sicilian crime, Andrea Camilleri.
Moments later the all-white schooner, which looked like a hospital ship, began to pass ever so slowly before him, as if wanting to show itself off in all its beauty. The name on the prow said: Halcyon.
Two deaths - the suicide of a recently fired worker and the murder of an unscrupulous businessman - lead Inspector Montalbano to the H…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529053371 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529053374 |
| Author: | Andrea Camilleri |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Picador |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 8 February 2022 |
| Weight: | 186g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 130mm x 197mm |
| Series: | Inspector Montalbano mysteries |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
Montalbano’s colleagues, chance encounters, Sicilian mores, even the contents of his fridge are described with the wit and gusto that make this narrator the best company in crime fiction today
Montalbano’s colleagues, chance encounters, Sicilian mores, even the contents of his fridge are described with the wit and gusto that make this narrator the best company in crime fiction today * Guardian *
Among the most exquisitely crafted pieces of crime writing available today … Simply superb * Sunday Times *
One of fiction’s greatest detectives and Camilleri is one of Europe’s greatest crime writers * Daily Mail *
Andrea Camilleri
Andrea Camilleri was one of Italy’s most famous contemporary writers. The Inspector Montalbano series, which has sold over 65 million copies worldwide, has been translated into thirty-two languages and was adapted for Italian television, screened on BBC4. The Potter’s Field, the thirteenth book in the series, was awarded the Crime Writers’ Association’s International Dagger for the best crime novel translated into English. In addition to his phenomenally successful Inspector Montalbano series, he was also the author of the historical comic mysteries Hunting Season and The Brewer of Preston. He died in Rome in July 2019.
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